“Party” in flat above us

bouicca21

It’s not just in flats that you can hear the neighbours partying.  It’s a side effect of living in a densely populated area whether flats or houses.

andy444

There's very few flats in which you will hear absolutely no sound from your neighbours (and the same with adjoining houses). Even if you pay a lot for sound mitigation measures there's no guarantee that they will work.

It may have been a one-off party and should you ever have a party then they will probably hear it. If they have a party every other night then that's a different matter but for now just wait to see if any other parties occur in the foreseeable future.

TripleH

It might be the party coincided with New Year, so a one-off? That it was talking possibly meant they were intending to be considerate but maybe not realised how much sound can travel.

We lived in a block of flats where people assumed noise from above came from the flat directly above. It can come from flats all around you.

We had complaints made about us scraping heavy chairs on a tiled floor by our below neighbour. It was our neighbours doing it as we had different chairs that were lighter and also we were tucked up in bed ill with covid at the time.

TBagpuss

If you hadn't been ill, it would have been fine to go up and ask them to keep the noise down. As  it is, I'd leave it to see whether it happens regularly - if it does, start gently (it's much easier to escalate than to de-escalate) so begin with a polite request in the moment, to keep the noise down (after, say Midnight  if it is a Friday or Saturday evening, a bit earlier if it is mid-week) and take it from there.

If they don't respond to a polite request then you can speak to the management company, and also check your lease to see what, if anything, is said about noise. Yu can also speak to other neighbours to see if they are also concerned - if so, then having more than one neighbour raising the same concern / making the same request, may mean that the noisy neighbour and/or management company pay more attention than if it's just you.

TI think n flats, or anywhere other than a detached house with a huge plot, *some* noise from neighbours is inevitable, but it's reasonable for all to try to keep it within reasonable bounds and hours.

As TripleH says, do also try to make sure you're speaking ti the right people, as noise can travel in odd ways so it is not always the obvious culprit!